We had a massive deck and screened porch built on the back of our house in July of 2000. It runs nearly the whole length of the house with half being screened porch and half deck. Of the two, the porch gets the most use because it is covered and has ceiling fans making it a 3 seasons room. The only time we don’t use it is during our two month winter. The deck is more of a 2 half seasons place, early spring and late fall. We went the first 5 years without doing anything to the deck, but then it really needed some help. Pressure washing and Thompson Water Sealing held up for a couple more bring us to this year.
Hopefully this will hold us for the next couple of years. The sticker on the outside of the watersealer proudly announces that it is good for three years. We’ll see. After finishing the deck around noon we promptly went inside and spent the rest of the day inside enjoying the air conditioning. We did go back out at 9:00 PM (it was still 90º) to get an ice cream and go grocery shopping.
Miata Top Transitions since 01/01/07: 220
You may only get one to two years out of the Thopson product for good protection but in the meantime, it sure looks nice. I think the red works well in this application. The red looks more inviting to me.
I really didn’t get two years out of my last application, but I used a sprayer to apply and I bet I didn’t get as good a coverage as we did with brush and roller this time. I’d be happy with two years.